Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. I would answer that it is absolutely a flawed law. This is absolutely not the right decision. It was the absolute wrong decision. Yes, I agree that on paper the job was done correctly, and all the necessary boxes, as I said, were checked, but is th

Public Safety committee  In closing I want to thank all of you for being here, for inviting us, for allowing us to finally speak, to get our feelings, our concerns and thoughts—not all of them, but a majority—to all of you. As you all know, we've said this is a very difficult situation. It has been very

Public Safety committee  I think there are a number of people who have been victimized, and they don't have the courage and the resources and the ability to reach out. Today, being here didn't come easily. It took a lot of buckling down, a lot of phone calls, a lot of emails and a lot of digging our he

Public Safety committee  I think involving the victims and the families in the decision is extremely integral. I think knowing the full circumstances and the impact of what the perpetrator has done lends itself to information that perhaps is not on paper or that you're not fully understanding. I think

Public Safety committee  I'll briefly mirror that. Yes, I believe that the criminal has the upper hand. The criminal has more rights than the victim. We're acting on behalf of our best friend. She didn't get a say in any of this. She's not been able to defend herself in any of this. Everything was take

Public Safety committee  Thank you for that question. Yes, it has had a tremendous effect on me as well as on Laura and Tennille. When something of this nature and this severity occurs, something that's so deeply sensitive to all of us, you are left with a feeling of not being able to trust the people y

Public Safety committee  Thank you. It's extremely important to consult the people who are seeing these prisoners day in and day out, seeing the reality of what happens and how they act. It makes little to no sense to me that they wouldn't be consulted. As I said a number of times—and I don't mean to r

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for that question. I feel very passionately about this. You are absolutely right. First of all, we didn't know we could submit a victim impact statement regarding this. It was never communicated, to the best of my knowledge. I'm not speaking on behalf of the

Public Safety committee  Further to that, I do believe that, yes, if there are three boxes for criteria that need to be checked and one of those boxes does not fit the criteria for a move or a rehabilitated prisoner, then the move is negated. If this prisoner is still a risk to society if he escapes pris

Public Safety committee  Is it there now?

Public Safety committee  Perfect. Thank you. In regard to that question, again, I apologize that I didn't hear that addressed to me. As I had said in my original address, I do understand that Anne Kelly was doing the job correctly in terms of the proper criteria and rules and regulations that they have

Public Safety committee  That is an important question and one that we've talked about at great length. I think that time, ample time, is very important. It's giving the family and the friends ample notice that this is going to happen. That leaves time for processing, questions, rebuttal, counsel. There

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I feel like I had an opportunity to approach the CSC and Ms. Anne Kelly, but unfortunately I don't feel that I was heard at all. I had resources, as I mentioned in my address. Dr. Book was very kind in providing a meta-analysis as well as a letter for us. We gave he